Collinwood | Community Organizing
Kristian Hunter has a passion for service and empowerment. She started her career in community development as an AmeriCorps VISTA. As the Community Engagement Manager for the Collinwood & Nottingham Villages Development Corporation, she develops programming and community engagement events such as the “Keys to Housing Resource Fair” and “Kickin’ it with Cops.” “Kickin’ it with Cops” has helped reduce tension between police and the community. The program has not only benefitted Collinwood, but it has expanded to a become a city-wide initiative through her partnership with The Cleveland Police Foundation. Her project’s emphasis is to create a community development internship program for youth. The goal is to bring students together to learn about community development focusing on areas including community organizing/engagement, neighborhood revitalization through housing and business development, economic development, and placemaking projects. Kristian has been a mentor for College Now since 2015. Her aim is to organize, mobilize and educate people to build a sense of community through sustainable capacity building efforts. In 2013, she earned a Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Ohio University in Athens, OH.
